England/Croatia thread

[fergus8]

BOLT!
roflmao

[turny]

Thought that Crouch, Lampard and Beckham played OK.  No one else. 

cant agree beckham boshi.

england needed more than one cross

[Sheriff Fatman]

On the bright side we're spared a summer of overhype in the press.  No 'kiss Rooney's metatarsal' centre pages in the Sun, no Garth Crooks exclusives from the England camp ('hot from the press guys, they had pasta') and no penalty shootouts.

Hallelujah!

[Indestructable]

Well played Croatia, Good game.
 

[Ironside]

for all the scots out there please dont rub it in after all our english cousins were on the most part civil to us

next summer we call all take the piss out of each other when we play the real EURO08 in scotland where it should of been in the first place

[TightEnd]

Croatia deserved it, technically miles ahead of England

McClaren can go now but until we match the better sides for technique and tactics we don't deserve anything

[TightEnd]

Thought that Crouch, Lampard and Beckham played OK.  No one else. 

Crouch maybe

Beckham one cross

Lampard? huh?

Gerrard had an awful awful game but he was not alone

[sledge13]

A new manager will still inherit this sorry lot.....ugh!

[sledge13]

Yeah Lampard....penalty that was it!

[kinboshi]

Thought that Crouch, Lampard and Beckham played OK.  No one else. 

cant agree beckham boshi.

england needed more than one cross

He was on for a half - and played well.  Richards was shocking behind him.  For a lot of the half, especially after it went 2-2, Beckham was covering for Richards who was completely AWOL.  I think Richards is believing the hype that has surrounded him.

[kinboshi]

Thought that Crouch, Lampard and Beckham played OK.  No one else. 

Crouch maybe

Beckham one cross

Lampard? huh?

Gerrard had an awful awful game but he was not alone

I'm the biggest critic of Lumplard, but he was willing to try and play the ball on the floor, put in the effort, and the problem was the rest of the team around him and Crouch (and Beckham when he was on).  Gerrard was dire.  He's a far better player than that.

[turny]

Thought that Crouch, Lampard and Beckham played OK.  No one else. 

Crouch maybe

Beckham one cross

Lampard? huh?

Gerrard had an awful awful game but he was not alone

thought lampard worked hard along with gerrard, most of the time they were both doing the job barry should have been doing, there lies the main fault in midfield.
and you got to admire lampards balls for the penalty and took it well.

although i agree we needed beckham on why did he take our most dangerous first half player off in wright phillips?

then with 10 mins to go when we need a match winner he takes joe cole off, why not take a defender off?

crouch was superb

[Ironside]

i agree beckham played well with what he was given

but he didnt get much of the ball

the english back 5 was terrible

i am a fan of richards and bridge but after this performance i say bring back nevellie and cole

[Bazzaboy]

Croatia deserved it, technically miles ahead of England

Nail on head.  Croatia were the far better side and technically better in every department.  Their ball retention was superb and they could have won by more.  Although had England not taken their foot off the pedal and backed off when they equalised the outcome could have been different.

[turny]

Thought that Crouch, Lampard and Beckham played OK.  No one else. 

cant agree beckham boshi.

england needed more than one cross

He was on for a half - and played well.  Richards was shocking behind him.  For a lot of the half, especially after it went 2-2, Beckham was covering for Richards who was completely AWOL.  I think Richards is believing the hype that has surrounded him.

good point boshi beckham wasnt allowed to play the role he was sent on to do mainly due to the fact that richards believes hes a law untoo himself